Director Del Shores' Acclaimed "Blues For Willadean" Now On DVD

LOS ANGELES, CA - "Blues for Willadean," the acclaimed drama from director Del Shores based on his award winning play, "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife," is being released on DVD this month from independent studio Hannover House (OTC: HHSE).  The 2012 Production enjoyed a brief theatrical run and festival engagement last year, generating critical acclaim and consumer enthusiasm.  Principal cast members include Beth Grant ("No Country for Old Men", "The Mindy Project") in the title role, Dale Dickey ("True Blood", "Winter's Bone") as Rayleen, and Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer ("The Help", "Fruitvale Station") as LaSonia.  The Hannover House DVD is priced at $14.95 suggested retail, but is expected to be available for consumer purchase for under $10 at Amazon.com, Walmart stores and many other key retailers.

"Blues for Willadean" is not yet rated by the Motion Picture Association of America, but is suitable for a PG-13 audience, reports distributor Hannover House.  The running time is 113 minutes and the film features a widescreen aspect ratio (1:1.85) and Dolby stereo. The award-winning film, based on the NCAAP Image-Awards Winning Stage-play, will be available through Internet sellers on Feb. 4, and to Walmart Stores and other key retailers nationwide on Feb. 18.

SYNOPSIS:  From acclaimed director Del Shores, "Blues for Willadean" explores the hidden emotions, shame, and secrecy of battered women, while also offering hope, healing and truth.  Willadean Winkler (Beth Grant), the wife of a blue collar truck driver (David Steen), does her best to manage and survive in the abusive prison her husband has built for her. With the help of her best friend, LaSonia (Octavia Spencer), who lives in the trailer next door and the musical encouragement of a mystical Blues Singer (Debby Holiday), Willadean fights to break the tragic cycle.

Director Del Shores has a notable film and television resume, including six acclaimed feature films and over seventy-five episodic television credits, including "Dharma & Greg", "Queer As Folk" and his own original series, "Sordid Lives."  His stage-play and production of "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife" won multiple theatrical awards, including Best Production  for the Los Angeles Critics Circle Awards and two NCAAP Image Awards. The play served as the creative catalyst and source material for the feature film production of "Blues for Willadean."

Hannover House is a 20-year-old publishing company and entertainment distributor of independent films, with an active home video label and new activities underway for the production of high-end theatrical films.  The company is headquartered in Northwest Arkansas, near the world headquarters of Walmart Stores, Inc., the  largest retailer of DVDs and Blu-Ray products for all of the major film studios.  Other key retail accounts for Hannover House include Redbox, Netflix, Barnes & Noble and thousands of independent video retailers, schools, libraries and booksellers.  The company also sells entertainment products to a wide range of internet sites, and services most major video-on-demand portals. For more information on Hannover House, or to see corporate filings or financials, go to:  www.OTCMarkets.com, and search under stock symbol HHSE.

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Press Release - Inspiration from Academy Award winning film, "THE ACCOUNTANT"

Good Morning HHSE Friends & Shareholders - A few years back, three filmmakers produced a hilarious short film about a country-accountant, that went on to win the Academy Award in the short film category.  Actor / Producer Ray McKinnon ("The Blindside") was joined by his talented wife Lisa Blount and the ubiquitous TV and Film actor Walton Goggins ("The Shield") in a film that says: "I'll show you numbers that will make your head swim!"

Apparently, heads are swimming today at HHSE with the stellar results of the Company's Q4-2013 period. With major increases in revenues and profits year-over-year, calculating "percentages" can be challenging when the growth is in the multiple hundreds-of-percentiles.

One adept shareholder contacted HHSE this morning to point out that the earnings news release (posted this morning) contains percentage increase calculations that did not calculate the ratio properly.  Instead of 390% increase in revenues, the ratio formula would show a 290% increase... same issue with earnings.  The growth in both categories is still staggering, and the proper percentile ratios will be reflected when the full financial filings are released next week to the OTC Markets and the S.E.C. Edgar database (as the Company's official numbers).  The informational press announcement this morning on the Company's Q4 earnings was just that... a heads-up advisory for the upcoming (and formal) financial filings.

Most companies are happy to deliver 10-or-15% increases.  These are pretty easy percentages for press-type folks to calculate.  But when you get results that are MORE than double - and you cross into greater than 100% increases - it's possible for a press team to make a percentile calculation error when writing a release from what is otherwise just a page of numbers.  With Hannover's impressive results, we're crossing into a whole new realm of growth and opportunity; we'll make sure that next Q's results (if they're greater than 100%) will reflect the proper percentage improvements!

Meanwhile, if you get a chance, definitely check out "THE ACCOUNTANT."

http://www.amazon.com/Accountant-Ray-McKinnon/dp/B002IW8V0O/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1391005887&sr=1-1&keywords=the+accountant

New Staff needed for New Studio Partners: VODwiz Venture

Dear HHSE Friends & Shareholders - as we ramp up the consumer launch of VODwiz, we find ourselves facing a mountainous new workload of relationships, documents, masters and tracking.  Accordingly, HHSE will be adding some new staff to help specifically with the VODwiz venture.  Our proposed "Product Manager" will be a positioned headquartered out of the Arkansas home office.  Ultimately, we may have acquisitions reps in both Los Angeles and New York.

The successful, commercial launch of the Nanotech Nuvola device (with VODWIZ embedded as one of the key programmers), requires that we ramp-up the roll-out of VODWIZ at an accelerated rate over the next 30-days.  Working with the encoding / mastering team at Nanotech, we will now commence with the add-on of approx. 2500(+) indie studio titles (and some major studio fare as well), so that the consumer introduction to VODWIZ will be met with a broad assortment.  As most of you know, the "Beta-Test" launch of the venture included only selected Hannover House titles.  This was essential to evidencing the data-streaming capacities and functionality, before adding third-party supplier titles.

We're looking for a smart and organized "product manager" for VODWIZ. As Video-On-Demand streaming is an essentially "new industry," it's unlikely that we'll find people experienced in streaming.  Accordingly, a motivated, organized and creative individual with a love of media is what we're seeking for this specific position...

http://regionalhelpwanted.com/search/detail.cfm?sn=263&id=107310160

New Horror Title from HHSE: THE POSSESSION WITHIN

As part of the ongoing (monthly) new release activities for DVD / Blu-Ray and Video-On-Demand titles, Hannover House is pleased to announce the May, 2014 release of director Brian Targett's intense thriller:  INGLODA:  THE POSSESSION WITHIN. 

Direct-to-Video Horror titles have become a solid part of the Hannover House core-release activities and revenues... and this new title should be among the higher-echelon of sellers!

Ingloda: The Possession Within is a taut and intense thriller that has earned the praise of film festivals and critics.  Kelly is the everyday young woman just trying to get by in life with her two best friends. She carries scars from her past and now, at age 24, she must deal with these realities. After discovering the truth about her father's mysterious death, she begins to tip over the edge... visions, spiritual encounters and out of body experiences begin to possess Kelly and transform her into something else.  Kelly's friends, Kacy and Nikki try their hardest to help her, but are they strong enough to prevail over the possession within?

http://www.inglodamovie.com/

Varied Genres for Release Slate Diversity

HHSE is pleased to announce the acquisition of a powerful, new indie-drama, "REACH" starring Catherine Hicks ("Seventh Heaven"), Daniel Bonjour ("Dragonquest") and Jelly Howie (upcoming in the epic miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon").  "REACH" tells the poignant and bittersweet tale of a man facing his own mortality from cancer.  In the tradition of "Dying Young" and "Philadelphia" sometimes we're most alive when facing our final days...the sun is brighter, the love is stronger, and the joy of life is at its greatest.  "REACH" can uplift and touch millions of consumers whose lives have been affected by cancer, either directly or within a loved one.

Over the next few weeks, Hannover House will be meeting with Walmart, Netflix, Redbox, Best Buy and other key accounts to determine the best street date for "REACH" and the various promotional opportunities that might apply to a film with such a universal message.

While the core portion of the Hannover House business will continue to be direct-to-DVD (and Blu-Ray) releases, the addition of varying genres of films will enable Hannover House to compete for MORE shelf (and kiosk) space than would be available for a purely horror-sci-fi product schedule.  Accordingly, shareholders will begin to see a broader mix of titles in the HHSE 2014 home video release schedule, including family films, urban films, dramas and even Spanish. 

Work It, Baby!

Here's a nice and pleasant surprise from the deep catalog of the Hannover House film library.  A four-title "Family Movie Night" submission has been accepted for placement into the Walmart Budget Bins this spring!  Family DVD's continue to be HOT SELLERS, even in the face of competition from video-on-demand and other media.  Unit sales of consumer DVDs of family-appeal videos actually INCREASED in 2013 over 2012. It's no surprise:  kids love to watch moves over-and-over-and-over again (just ask ANY parent!), so owning the DVD's is a good investment in value and time-management.  What's even better than owning a kids DVD?  How about FOUR movies for only $5.00 from the Walmart Budget Bin?!  This new Hannover House multi-pack item will also be offered to all other key accounts.

GO HHSE!!

Snapshot Summary of 2013 >> Setting Stage for 2014 & Beyond!

Greetings HHSE Shareholders & Friends.  In anticipation of our annual shareholder's meeting and the announcement of exciting new projects and ventures for 2014, we wanted to provide a quick overview of last year's results. 

2013 was not without its struggles.  The first six months of the year involved the termination of a key wholesaler relationship (specifically, HHSE's use of Phase 4 Films to provide DVDs and Blu-Rays into Walmart); subsequently, the Company lost some new release sales momentum and additionally had to write-down a substantial amount of sales due to collection and bad-debt issues. 

However, by late-summer, a new wholesale distribution venture for Walmart was in place, and sales began a fast recovery and growth trend.  Overall, the company had a nicely profitable year - despite the lost sales and write-downs from Phase 4 - and is well positioned for 2014 and beyond.  Based on the Price-Earnings averages for companies in Hannover's market space, the HHSE stock is trading at about 25% of value at this time.  However, Management believes that the true value of HHSE stock is far higher than a backwards-looking analysis of last year's activities. 

As we move into 2014 and 2015, we can anticipate significant revenues from ventures already in place, including the VODwiz pay-per-transaction launch, and the monetization of major features, including "MOTHER GOOSE: JOURNEY TO UTOPIA" and "THE LEGEND OF BELLE STARR."  It is not unrealistic to look at the Mother Goose project has having international sales & licensing values of $12-million, and domestic values of $10-million, for instance.

Watch for more news and specific information on new titles that will be presented at this year's Cannes Film Festival by Hannover House under our new international financing and distribution partnership.  Meanwhile, HHSE stock is a crazy bargain at the present time, so get to it!

HHSE 2013 SALES & MARGINS SNAPSHOT

Period	Gross Sales	HH Margin
Q1	$              539,336.71	$           432,783.04	Actual
Q2	$              223,801.78	$           200,830.22	Actual
Q3	$          1,205,392.68	$           428,669.51	Actual
Q4	$          1,134,425.54	$           313,343.50	ProForma
	$          3,102,956.71	$       1,375,626.27
	Earnings Per Share:	0.00238824
	Industy P/E Ratio:	22-X
	PPS Value:	$                   0.0525